Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at H.E. Rohrer, Inc.
Start: 12/4/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211195 · 12/4/2024 · H.E. Rohrer, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Injured by object held or wielded by person
Source: Other handtools n.e.c.
Secondary source: Eye and face protection

Employer

Name: H.E. Rohrer, Inc.
Location: 1515 State Road, DUNCANNON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17020
NAICS: 485410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working underneath a bus and using a pitman arm wedge to loosen the pitman arm. The wedge slipped and pushed his glasses off. The wedge struck his eyeball causing a compression laceration/split to the eye that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown